From California and the Santa Barbara Independent, MHProNews.com learns that Supervisors there will soon decide on legislation related to mobile home community closures. According to the article, while no parks are slated for closure, next week the county Board of Supervisors could vote on the first ever mobile home park […]
Santa Barbara Officials Consider Community Closure Requirements Read More
An item in the Financial Times likely raised an eyebrow or two this week when it dubbed a manufactured housing index the “trailer park indicator.” But it did come bearing good news. The financial index comes from Nicholas Colas, ConvergEx Group chief market strategist and is focused on manufactured housing,
Financial Times Say 18 Million Living in MH Read More
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports to MHProNews.com according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) statistics, the MH industry posted its sixth straight month of production increase. Numbers for Jan. 2012 show HUD Code manufacturers produced 3,983 homes, a 42.5 percent gain over the
MH Totals Increase for Sixth Successive Month Read More
Western U.S. supplier of axles, tires and set-up equipment to the manufactured housing industry, T.J.T., Inc., of Eagle, Idaho announced the opening of its new axle recycling plant in Emmett ID. The company’s president and CEO, Shawn King, sates, “We designed and built a modern, safe, and much more productive
MH Service Provider Opens New Recycling Plant Read More
WillistonHerald in North Dakota reports that Rugby Homes, in business since 1963 and selling RVs in Williston for six years, has hired a full time salesman to sell modular and manufactured housing for the North Dakota-based company. The oil boom in the area, as we have reported previously, has created
RV Dealer Adding HUD & MOD Read More
According to InsideIndianaBusiness, MH component manufacturer Patrick Industries, Inc. of Elkhart, Indiana has acquired Décor Mfg LLC for $4.4 million. Todd Cleveland, president and CEO of Patrick, says of the Tualatin, Oregon company: “The Oregon market is significant in terms of RV market potential as it relates to overall Northwestern
Patrick Acquires Décor Read More
Global Industry Analysts, Inc. estimates the global prefabricated housing market will hit 829,000 units by 2017. DigitalJournal tells MHProNews.com the U.S. and UK have the majority share of the market, but Australia and New Zealand are the pioneers in the Asian market, although Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea have burgeoning
Study Predicts the Rise of Prefab Globally Read More
That’s not a headline you’re likely to read in the local papers, yet it’s quite a frequent occurrence when it comes to manufactured housing. Two headlines came across our computer screens today, one from The Columbian in Vancouver Flames damage manufactured home in central Vancouver. The article reads “Vancouver firefighters
Flames Destroy Site-Built Home Read More
The Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission and the Jack Kemp Foundation will jointly host a timely housing forum in San Antonio, Texas March 6. The forum will feature former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros, a co-chair of the BPC’s Housing Commission, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, as
Former HUD Secretary Cisneros to Host Forum on Housing in America Read More
From the Shoreline Times in New Haven Connecticut, MHProNews.com learns of a brewing battle over rent control at the Green Acres Mobile Home Park. According to the article, residents filed complaints about rising rents with the Fair Rent Commission. The most recent lease was presented to residents for $526 in
Rent Control Issue Bubbling in Connecticut Read More
For the past several years MHC residents have sought legislation in the Utah legislature to help deal with community owners who they allege threaten to evict them if they try to organize a homeowners association, sltrib tells MHProNews.com. The Republican dominated House Business and Labor Committee voted along party lines,
Manufactured Home Owners Turned Back Again Read More
The Great Southwest Home Show opens today at the QuikTrip Center in Tulsa with dozens of the newest manufactured homes on display from the nation’s top builders, vendors offering support product and services, and seminars and workshops dealing with financing, attracting new clients, appraisals, MHC management, and expanding your inventory
Showtime in Tulsa!! Opening Day at the Home Show Read More
IndyStar reports that Shrum’s Manufactured Housing Center on U.S.40 west of Indianapolis was bought by real estate investment firm Platinum Financial Trust at auction Wednesday. The 12.4 acre site on a major commercial corridor near the Indianapolis International Airport went for $230,000 at the bank-ordered sale. MHProNews.com has learned the
MHC Sells Land, Continues to Operate Read More
After 43 years, Santiam Homes in Aumsville, Oregon, is transitioning out of business and it’s location will be taken over by J & M Homes, which offers new and repossessed manufactured homes, as well as real estate, financing and construction in-house. The Statesman-Journal tells MHProNews.com Santiam’s owners, Ken and Janet
MH Retail Location Changing Hands Read More
The Great Southwest Home Show, billed as the World’s Largest Indoor Manufactured Home Show, is packing a wallop of seminars, forums, and workshops in addition to all the vendors and homes from the nation’s foremost manufacturers. March 1 and 2 will be Industry Days with workshops ranging from new financing
GSHS, QuikTrip Center, Tulsa, OK March 1-4 Read More
Under a deadline set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to change the city’s flood ordinance or lose the right for residents to obtain federal flood insurance, the city council of Denham Springs, Louisiana, approved changes to its flood ordinances. New construction and substantial improvements to a property within the
New Ordinance: Manufactured Homes to be Sited above Flood Level Read More
Jason Boehlert, vice president of government relations for the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), shown here explaining the landscape of legislative affairs inside the Washington, D.C. beltway at the MHI legislative session government affairs briefing Feb. 25. His presentation included pending legislation that would provide regulatory relief for the manufactured housing
Boehlert Addresses MHI’s Winter Legislative Session Read More
The ChillicotheNews in Chillicothe, Missouri tells MHProNews.com a public hearing will be held by the city council to consider a zoning ordinance amendment so differentiation can be made between manufactured, mobile, and modular housing, and where they may be sited. City Engineer Ron Urton says the current ordinance is outdated
City Updates MH/Mod Ordinance Read More
In his annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, while noting the per share book value of their Class A and Class B stock gained 4.6 percent in 2011, says he jumped the gun on the housing recovery. As Business Insider tells MHProNews.com, “We have five businesses whose
Oracle of Omaha Errs Read More
OzarksFirst tells MHProNews.com the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has begun selling some of the temporary manufactured housing units brought to Joplin, Missouri following the deadly hurricane that struck May 22, 2011. 586 total homes have been brought to Joplin, 470 of which remain occupied. Residents have 18 months to
Bid Online for FEMA Home Read More
